MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 46.18,-102.69 Latitude: 46.18 Longitude: -102.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 40 1 950 480 SFC 914 819 22.0 14.2 61 7.8 16.8 297 13 302.9 305.0 293.3 336.2 11.22 3 900 948 19.1 12.7 66 6.4 15.0 297 17 301.2 303.1 292.2 331.7 10.34 4 850 1436 15.3 9.7 69 5.6 11.9 312 35 302.2 303.8 291.3 328.7 8.95 5 800 1946 10.7 6.4 74 4.3 8.2 311 37 302.6 304.0 290.3 325.1 7.55 6 750 2481 6.9 2.8 75 4.1 4.6 300 44 304.0 305.2 289.6 322.9 6.23 7 700 3044 2.9 -1.1 75 3.9 0.9 294 48 305.7 306.6 289.1 321.2 5.06 8 650 3639 -1.1 -7.1 64 5.9 -3.7 289 40 307.7 308.3 288.2 318.5 3.46 9 600 4272 -5.2 -16.6 40 11.5 -9.0 292 40 310.1 310.5 287.3 315.8 1.73 10 550 4950 -9.4 -18.8 46 9.5 -12.3 284 43 312.9 313.2 288.1 318.1 1.57 11 500 5680 -14.5 -22.4 51 8.0 -16.6 280 47 315.4 315.6 288.6 319.7 1.26 12 450 6469 -20.2 -24.5 69 4.2 -21.2 280 54 317.8 318.0 289.3 321.8 1.17 13 400 7329 -27.5 -32.7 61 5.2 -28.3 283 48 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.4 0.61 14 350 8275 -34.4 -40.4 55 6.0 -35.0 306 59 322.3 322.4 289.8 323.5 0.32 15 300 9335 -42.3 -51.1 38 8.8 -42.8 304 81 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.2 0.12 16 250 10541 -51.2 -60.9 31 9.7 -51.5 311 91 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.04 17 200 11974 -54.9 -71.5 11 16.6 -55.2 293 53 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.01 18 150 13813 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.4 298 44 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16408 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 292 23 421.9 421.9 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.79 m Freezing level: 664.11 mb = 3471.34 m = 11388.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.17 mb = 3157.32 m = 10358.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.22 % Est. max temperature: 22.74 C = 72.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.19 mb = 1798.58 m = 5900.77 ft T: 12.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 20.37 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.73 mb = 2180.22 m = 7152.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.34 C = 72.22 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.77 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 35.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 772.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.64 mb = 2033.49 m = 6671.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.64 mb = 2407.94 m = 7899.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.64 mb = 10367.48 m = 34013.63 ft B at Equ Level: 770.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.64 mb = 12768.19 m = 41889.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.6 at 42.2 knts Storm direction: 320.6 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 2.5 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.7 neg: -61.5 tot: -8.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 12.76 Bulk Shear: 60.53 m/s